Launching the election campaign for his son Brijendra Singh, Union Steel Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Birender Singh on Wednesday said that he is passing on the baton to his son and the people of the state should extend the same support to his son that they gave him all these years.
“The people of Jind should be proud of the fact that the candidate for the Hissar Lok Sabha seat, Brijendra Singh, is selected by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah,” said Birender Singh while addressing a rally near the Kapas Mandi here.
Brijendra, 46, who will be making his poll debut, launched his election campaign from Uchana Kalan on Wednesday. His mother, Prem Lata, who is a BJP MLA in Haryana from the Uchana Kalan assembly constituency was also present at the rally.
After getting the BJP ticket to contest from Hisar Lok Sabha seat, the Haryana cadre IAS Brijendra has already sought voluntary retirement from service and submitted his papers to the Haryana chief secretary.
Seeking votes for his son, Birender Singh, a prominent Jat leader on Wednesday said that the maximum margin of win should be from Uchana segment out of the nine segments forming part of Hissar Lok Sabha seat because the segment is their ancestral area.
Birender Singh said that he fought political battle for the betterment of the area for 47 years. Now, Brijendra Singh will carry forward the mission to work for the betterment of the area, the Union Minister said while adding that the people should extend the same support to his son that they gave him all these years.
He said that the thought process of the youth has to be taken forward. The country today needs a change which only the youth can bring, he said.
The Union Minister said that the voters of the country are aware that the future of the country is safe in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who alone can ensure prosperity in the country and security for the nation.
He said that his son was the personal choice of the Prime Minister and the BJP chief for the Hissar Lok Sabha constituency. Not only the people of Uchana, but of entire constituency should be proud that Brijendra has been selected by Modi and Shah, he said adding that voters must ensure that the BJP gets the Hissar seat with maximum margin.
While addressing the gathering, Brijendra said that his father will be charioteer of his political Rath. He said that he was taking the first step in politics from his native place.
I was not aware that my father would have to pay a heavy price by submitting resignations from his posts on me taking the first step in politics, Brijendra said.
“While in service as an IAS officer I would have offended many due to official constraints. But there, my responsibility was towards laws and to work within the framework of the rules and regulations, he said adding that but now he had entered politics to serve all with full humility and dedication.
Seeking support of the people he said that the relationship would not be of five years, but it would be lifelong.
Later, while talking to the mediapersons, Brijendra said that he will be filing his nomination on April 20.
I wanted to join politics from a long time but wanted to make my own identity first. Hence, I served as an IAS for about 21 years, he added.
Notably, 1998 batch IAS officer Brijender will nmake his political debut in the Lok Sabha polls from Hisar constituency, which his father had won in 1984 by defeating former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala.
His father, Birender Singh is the grandson of Sir Chhotu Ram, one of the tallest Jat and farmer leaders of pre-Partition era. Birender had joined the BJP in 2014 after ending his four-decade old association with the Congress following differences with then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
After his son was given ticket to contest the polls, Birender Singh had on Sunday offered to resign from the cabinet and from Rajya Sabha.
